Boomer Lullabyes: In the Days Before Rock and Roll

by Vanderleun on April 15, 2019

Justin, gentler than a man
I am down on my knees
At the wireless knobs
I am down on my knees
At those wireless knobs
Telefunken, Telefunken
And I’m searching for
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Athlone, Budapest, AFN
Hilversum, Helvetia
In the days before rock ‘n’ roll

In the days before rock ‘n’ roll
In the days before rock ‘n’ roll
When we let, then we bet
On Lester Piggott when we met
We let the goldfish go
In the days before rock ‘n’ roll

Fats
Fats did not come in
Without those wireless knobs
Fats did not come in
Without those wireless knobs
Elvis did not come in
Without those wireless knobs
Nor Fats, nor Elvis
Nor Sonny, nor Lightning
Nor Muddy, nor John Lee

In the days before rock ‘n’ roll
In the days before rock ‘n’ roll
When we let and we bet
On Lester Piggott, 10 to 1
And we let the goldfish go
Down the stream
Before rock ‘n’ roll

We went over the wavebands (ssss … sssss)
We’d get Luxembourg
Luxembourg and Athlone
AFM stars of Jazz
Come in, come in, come in, Ray Charles
Come in, the high priest

In the days before rock ‘n’ roll
In the days before rock ‘n’ roll
When we let and we bet
On Lester Piggott 10 to 1
And we let the goldfish go

And then, and then, then the Killer came along
The Killer, Killer Jerry Lee Lewis
A Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
Great Balls of Fire
Little Richard

Justin, gentler than a man
Justin, Justin, where is Justin now?
What’s Justin doing now?
Just where is Justin now?
Come aboard

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Gerald April 16, 2019, 8:58 PM

Van the Man. What if Buddy Holly didn’t die in a plane wreck? What if in some parallel universe he is still alive? Instead of messing with the Bible verses why doesn’t CERN bring us to a timeline where Buddy Holly is still alive? Because they’re evil, that is why Paul McCartney
is not dead, and Buddy is.

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Larry Geiger April 17, 2019, 9:22 AM

We had a Telefunken. Tuned into every radio band there was. Or at least I thought so. Such a smooth flowing dial compared to our little transistor radios. It sat on top of the amplifier cabinet with the tube set in it that went out to the speakers (HiFi don’t ya know…) We could play AM in Florida from Atlanta at a volume that would shake the house. That thing was larger than our first TV.

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